Sex Pistols | Anarchy in the UK promotional poster, November 1976

Property from the Stolper-Wilson Collection

Sex Pistols

Jamie Reid — Anarchy in the UK, promotional poster produced for the release of the band's debut single on 4 November 1976

Poster (359 x 502 mm); excellent condition.

A fine promotional poster for the Sex Pistols' debut single "Anarchy in the U.K." Jamie Reid’s deliberate misuse of the Union Jack—tearing it up and then pinning it back together—is a good example of the scope of the Pistols’ ambition. The photographer of the flag assemblage that Reid used for this poster was Ray Stevenson.

REFERENCES:

Up They Rise pp. 56-57

PROVENANCE:

Bonhams Chelsea (London), 6 August 1998, lot 437